The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-04

hundredths of the value of all his belongings,
amounted to only 800 OOO At least this IS what
he has told the New York assessors. And there
is no good reason to assume that Jay would lie
about small matter like $50 000 900 or 500, 000.-
600
BETWEEN the Russian Wedding Feast" the
Christ Before Plate the columbus at the
Court of Spain,n and Milton Debating Paradise
Lost to His Daughters" there is a pretty good
chance to study the power and scope OF modern
art in New York.
GOVERNOR ROBINSON, of Massachusetts, has
written letter in which he states that he is pot
candidate for the United States senatorship.
and that he sincerely desires that his name shall
not be considered in connection with the cleo
ton to that Office.
THOU creature of day, whose hours filed with
Of what dOst thou complain. and who hath caused
thy woea
Believest thou thy soul was made for idle tearsl
Thy soul immortal Isl thy tears will cease to flow.
Alfred de Musset.
PRESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard College, will
start for Europe early in the year and stay
| abroad till fall, spending most of the time in
England as the guest of the eminent English
men whom he has so often entertained at
Cambride. During his absence the charge of
the college will devolve upon Prof Clement L.
Smith. the dean of the faculty.
Mr.. JOHN BOYLE OREILLY's forthcoming
book, ''The Country with Roof" is supposed to
be study Of the conditions of human existence,
his idea being that it is the rich who in this life
obtain all the brightness, the sweetness, the
freshness and the sunshine of existence, while
the poorer classes are oppressed with the gloom.
| the shadows and the desolateness of poverty and
| degradation"
| THE Neue Fre;e Presse, of Vienna, announces
| 0f Priv ali
daughter of the Prince of Wales, and the Duke
| lam son of the Crown Prince of Germany. The
| Duke is twentv-three years old and has In
| como of 375, 900 marks year from the German
| government His mother Is Rrancniece of
Queen Victoria, and was twice asked in marriage
| by the Emperor Napoleon Ill The Court of ST.
James opposed the marriage though the young
Princess was quite willing to become Empress of
| France.
OF Judge Cooley. of Michigan, 1t is related
that in early life he was not thought to be much
of lawyer, and indeed, he once abandoned that
profession and went into mercantile life. He
| had a passion for farming and bought one hun
| dred acres near Adrian, which for long time
| claimed more of his attention than his profess
! sion. He fell in love with beautiful Girl, the
daughter of farmer. But when Tom" made
bis timid proposal to the cid gentleman, the lat
| ter darklv swore that child of his should
| marry a man who couldn't earn his own living.
| The young lady herself had another and as il
| proved, wiser view. She consented to run
| away and married tom" in the face of hel
| fathers refusal. The match proved a most
happy one.
THE late Horatio Ross the most noted sports
man and marksman in Great Britain, was the
son of colonel of the old Volunteer Corps
raised to repel the threatened invasion OIL
England by Bonaparte. When Horatio was
about six years old. the regiment was to receive
set of colors and the colonel was anxious thai
his little son should present them; but the noise
OF salute so frightened the boy that he bolted
across the lawn into the house and hid himself
This, it is said enraged the colonel that he
ordered his valet to fire Immediately the
boys head several times every day, so AZ to &C
custom him to gunpowder. This process having
been repeated for some time, the old valet one
day got the child to fire for himself, and it i:
added that from that moment he was never 81
happy as when he had a little gun in his hand
| MISS GLIDER retaliates upon the assailants o.
the high feminine hat at the theater by proiuc
ing grievance Of the female sex which is un
deniabie nuisance She says that to her there il
seat in the theater and to have six or dozer
men crowd between her and the seat in from
that they may 60 out to the bar-room or TIT
, lobby between the acts. 1t makes no differenc,
how crowded the seats are or how fat the man is
| he is going to crowd out to get the fresh air o.
the fresh drink that he is after And he Gomez
crowding back just as the curtain is rung up OF
| the next act and the performance has begun, AM
you have either to stand up in your seat or b.
very much trodden while ne is working bacl
to his place again; and he generally reeks o
| liquor and smoke, and you get the full benef
{ of it if he begs your pardon AS he walks owe
E your feet This is a nuisance to which wome
ought not to be called upon to submit.